Amazing grace : a life of Beauford Delaney / David Leeming; with a new introduction by Hilton Als.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leeming, David Adams, 1937-

Contributor:

Als, Hilton, writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979.

Delaney, Beauford.

African American painters--United States--Biography.

African American painters.

Painters--United States--Biography.

Painters.

African American painters--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

292 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

[New edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : Karma Books, [2024]

Summary:

"David Leeming delves into the captivating life of Beauford Delaney (1901-1979), an artist who defied convention and left an indelible mark on both art history and everyone he encountered - including the diverse array of writers, artists, and musicians, from Henry Miller and Jean Genet, to James Baldwin and Georgia O'Keeffe, whom he kept close. Tracing Delaney's humble beginnings in a deeply religious family in Knoxville, Tennessee, to New York, to his final years in Paris, Leeming draws not only on his close friendship with the artist but also journals, notebooks, letters, and critical reviews, guiding the reader through the evolution of his practice and his remarkable life. This new edition of Leeming's landmark 1998 biography features an introduction by Hilton Als. 'Delaney,' Als writes, 'saved his own life through art, the making of worlds based on what he saw in his internal and external universe'"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword to the new edition / David Leeming

Introduction / Hilton Als

Preface

Knoxville

Boston and Harlem

New York: the early years

New York: pre-war Greene Street

New York: the war years

New York: the postwar years

Paris: the first years

Paris: the Clamart years

Paris: the Vercingétorix years

Paris: the final years.

Notes:

First edition © Oxford University Press, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-287).

ISBN:

9781949172669

194917266X

OCLC:

1473846698